Where does “recompense” come from?

Recompense comes from Old French recompense, derived from Old French recompenser, built from Latin re- and Latin con-.

recompense (English): An equivalent returned for anything given, done,...

Definitions

  1. An equivalent returned for anything given, done,...

Ancestry of “recompense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrecompense—
2Old Frenchrecompenserecompense; compensation
3Old Frenchrecompenser—

Words derived from “recompense”

Every word from Old French recompenser →Every word from Old French recompense →Every word from Middle English recompense →